Leif Lewin
ISBN13: 9781604978186
Date: 26-Oct-12
It took two hundred years to implement democracy within the nation-state, from the emergence of democratic theories during the Enlightenment to the introduction of popular government after World War I. If the same process were to follow at the international level, and the treaty of Versailles was taken as the baseline for the calculation, this book by eminent political scientist Leif Lewin argues that a democratic world order could be expected to emerge by 2119.
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A Study of the Head of State Web Sites of Developing Countries
T. Kenn Gaither
ISBN13: 9781934043561
Date: 28-Sep-07
Highly original, this study breaks new ground and may very well contribute to a new field in international public relations on the internet.
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Popular Protest & Governance in Jamaica
Hume Johnson
ISBN13: 9781604977820
Date: 28-Nov-11
The first empirically grounded investigation into the challenges to civil society in Jamaica, this book is also unique in renewing the scholarly focus on uncivil politics and the consequences for power and the status and quality of civil society in contexts faced with these challenges.
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The Impact of the EU Web Site
Talke Hoppmann
ISBN13: 9781604976755
Date: 18-Mar-10
This book examines user perceptions of European Union institutions and compares them to perceptions communicators within these institutions have of their users. This book will be of interest to researchers in the areas of communication, European studies, political science, and information science, as well as to policy makers and government officials involved in (online) communication at the EU-, national-, or local level.
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Michael A. Genovese and Victoria A. Farrar-Myers
ISBN13: 9781604976380
Date: 08-Jan-10
With so many issues of corruption swirling around in the current American political climate, this publication is extremely timely because it delivers the best and most up-to-date thinking by some of the finest political minds in the nation. This will be an essential resource for all collections in political science and American studies.
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Gary Prevost and Carlos Oliva Campos
ISBN13: 9781604977592
Date: 28-Apr-11
This volume seeks to fill a very significant void in the recently published
scholarship in English on Cuba’s relationship with Latin America. Cuban foreign
policy has received attention over the years, but the bulk of the scholarship
has been on its relationship with the United States. This book demonstrates conclusively that a decade into the twenty-first century, Cuba has
achieved a position in the hemisphere that is far less isolated
than at any previous time since the triumph of the Cuban revolution
in 1959. That reintegration into hemispheric affairs is
evident in many crucial areas like politics, economics, and
culture.
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Citizen Politics in China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam
Zhengxu Wang
ISBN13: 9781934043998
Date: 28-Mar-08
Using six East Asian nations as case studies combined with a rich conceptual framework, this book analyzes the pro-democratic forces in East Asia alongside a traditional Confucian cultural heritage.
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Scott A. Frisch, Douglas B. Harris, Sean Q. Kelly, and David C.W. Parker
ISBN13: 9781604978025
Date: 28-Apr-12
"In my view, the papers of former members of Congress, committee records at the National Archives, and other archival materials are a woefully underutilized source of evidence in legislative scholarship. The chapters of this volume are simply the best treatment that we have of the practical logistics of conducting archival research about the national legislature. I recommend it highly." - C. Lawrence Evans, Newton Family Professor of Government, College of William and Mary
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Lauren C. Bell
ISBN13: 9781604977349
Date: 01-Jan-11
This book remedies the near-complete lack of individual senator-level data available to scholars. Moreover, the dataset that Bell compiles represents a much more comprehensive list of Senate filibusters than any that has previously been compiled. Data are available for the entirety of the period from 1790 to 2008. The text provides a fully current (through the end of the 110th Congress) list of Senate filibusters from the first recorded instance in 1790. This new list undergirds a comprehensive historical analysis of filibusters and a full exploration of both micro-level (individual senator) determinants of filibustering and macro-level (institutional) factors that affect filibustering and its consequences.
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Canada-U.S. Relations in the 21st Century
Greg Anderson and Christopher Sands
ISBN13: 9781604977622
Date: 28-Dec-11
What sets this book apart is how the world’s leading experts on Canada-U.S. relations revisit Charles Doran’s landmark book Forgotten Partnership. Their insights augment the scholarly debate initiated over two decades ago and cast significant light on the present and the future of the two nations and their global impact.
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The Intergovernmental Policy Influence of the National Governors Association
Mitchel Herian
ISBN13: 9781604977295
Date: 28-Nov-10
Current empirical work on the American governorship has generally failed to consider the importance of the governors’ role in helping shape federal policy.This book strives to address this gap in the research literature by focusing on the intergovernmental role of the nation’s governors. This is done by examining the lobbying efforts of the governors through their national organization, the National Governors Association (NGA).
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Shiping Hua
ISBN13: 9781604976328
Date: 28-Dec-09
This is the first book to deal with the relationship between Islam, Muslims, and democratization in the context of Asian cultures from the perspectives of theory and empirical country studies in South, Southeast, and Central Asia. This volume, comprising the perspectives of scholars and practitioners, will be invaluable to those in political science, sociology, and religious studies.
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Presidential Influence and the Politics of Pork
Scott A. Frisch and Sean Q Kelly
ISBN13: 9781934043899
Date: 28-Aug-08
CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title! "Valuable ... Political scientists and historians will find this book to be useful ... extremely instructive in undergraduate courses in public policy ... Highly Recommended." - CHOICE
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The Political Opportunism of Aspirants
Lara M. Brown
ISBN13: 9781604977028
Date: 08-Aug-10
In this first systematic study of presidential aspirants from the 1790s to the present, Lara M. Brown delves into the concept of political opportunism and reveals its significance in shaping the partisan and electoral competition in America. The book not only demonstrates the ways in which the constitutional design of the Electoral College structures aspirant behaviors, but it also suggests that opportunistic aspirants have driven the institutional development of the major political parties and the presidential selection method.
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Dagney Faulk and Michael Hicks
ISBN13: 9781604977486
Date: 28-Jan-11
Praised by Governor Mitchell Daniels of Indiana, this book will be an essential resource for political scientists and policy makers interested in American government. Written in a highly accessible manner, it will also be a valuable read for students and general readers.
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Balancing Constraints
Andrea C. Hatcher
ISBN13: 9781604977035
Date: 28-Apr-10
This book is the first comprehensive study of Senate majority leadership––it covers the office and its occupants from the first incumbent, John W Kern in 1913, through the term of William H. Frist in 2006. Data are both qualitative and quantitative. In this unprecedented work, Andrea Hatcher examines Senate majority leadership in terms of the constituencies, both electoral and functional, of the Senate majority leader.
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Han S. Park
ISBN13: 9781604978148
Date: 28-Dec-12
Whereas other studies of North Korea most often rely merely on available secondary resources (e.g., texts, films etc.) rather than firsthand experience or interviews in supporting central claims, this edited volume, led by foremost North Korean expert Dr. Han S. Park, has the unprecedented advantage of all its contributors having actually spent a considerable amount of time “on the ground” in North Korea gathering information for their research. This is also the first volume to address the succession of Kim Jong Un.
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Insights from Israel
Eyal Lewin
ISBN13: 9781604977653
Date: 28-Jul-11
In this systematic inquiry of patriotism and its social and political causes, which goes beyond the analyses of numerous quantitative and qualitative studies, a holistic point of view is presented––one which finally puts together the pieces that form one of the most unique social phenomena.
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Insurgent Motivations, State Responses, and Third Party Peacemaking in Liberia, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone
Julius Mutwol
ISBN13: 9781604975550
Date: 28-Apr-09
This excellent and thorough study improves our understanding of the process through which civil war agreements are concluded and why some settlements hold while others do not. This book will be a welcome reference for collections in African studies, international peace studies, and political science.
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How Social Conformity Molds Society and Politics
Stephen Coleman
ISBN13: 9781934043776
Date: 28-Nov-07
"Thought-provoking... an interesting analysis of the benefits and dangers of conformity, pointing out that policies encouraging cultural diversity may well backfire. Recommended. - CHOICE
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An Examination of Lobbying, Wavering Electors, and Campaigns for Faithless Votes
Robert M. Alexander
ISBN13: 9781604977813
Date: 28-Jan-12
"Robert Alexander convincingly argues that presidential electors––long considered by many as inconsequential, if not benign––are a serious danger to the health of our representative democracy. One of the first systematic studies of its kind, this book is indispensible for a deeper understanding of the presidential electoral process.”
— Gary E. Bugh, Texas A&M University
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A Diagnosis and Prescription for a Healthier Democracy
Anthony Gierzynski
ISBN13: 9781604977523
Date: 18-May-11
This book addresses the state of electoral reform discourse by offering a new approach that borrows from the field of medicine. It works up such a full diagnosis of the problems besetting American elections, drawing from the extant research in political science and other disciplines, as well as from research and data on elections, the mass media, political parties, and public opinion. It then concludes with a list of prescriptions that addresses the diagnosed problems, along with the "treatments" to improve the American that have proven to be effective or are likely to be effective.
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A Comparative Study of the Soviet Union and the United States 1929-1941
Alexander McGregor
ISBN13: 9781934043592
Date: 28-May-07
"A fascinating insight…very rich in examples, and provides an extensive historical background…would recommend the book." - Russian Journal of Communication
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Political Adversity and the Sources of Executive Power
Ryan J. Barilleaux and Jewerl Maxwell
ISBN13: 9781604978179
Date: 28-Sep-12
Tough Times for the President is a unique book because it provides a different perspective on America’s most important office. Most books on the presidency focus on issues of presidential leadership, presidential greatness, or influence over policy, but none compares how presidents have responded to the political challenges confronting them.
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Bassey Ekpe
ISBN13: 9781604976144
Date: 28-May-09
This book is one of a handful of studies; it is highly original in that it focuses on the relationship between intelligence and the United Nations. Scholars working within the international relations discipline and more specifically issues of global governance and security will find this study invaluable.
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